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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1938
Page
10
Chauncey village voters face a November 8 ballot on a 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 tax levy of two mills to fund current village expenses. Mayor W W D Hines announces the measure as part of a broader slate. A sheriff sale in Athens County follows, detailing three large parcels in Waterloo and Mineral townships with complex descriptions and appraisals.
In the final week of campaigning both parties in Hocking County map events. Republicans plan an 8 pm Washington Township meeting at the election house with county candidates and local speakers. The Republican Women hold a fiesta at the McKinley Clubrooms on Tuesday. James N. Linton of Columbus speaks at the Ke Kinley clubrooms on Wednesday. Democrats refine plans as precinct rallies conclude next Monday evening with final gatherings.
An accident map in Logan Mayor Dallas Kinser’s office lists 38 city accidents since January. The tally shows 10 backing from curb, seven machine turning collisions, seven fail to stop at stop streets, six sideswipes, and two each for rear end crashes and running red lights, with singles for pedestrian injuries and car obstructions.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Couden of Logan were summoned to Columbus Saturday due to injuries suffered by relatives in a motor accident the day before. The injured include Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knecht and daughter Flora of Oakland and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Knecht of Amanda.
Funeral services for Anna O'Reilly 68 will be at St Francis Church at 9 a.m. Wednesday Burial in Mt Calvary by Egan Ryan Co Miss O'Reilly native of Logan and longtime Columbus resident died from a heart attack while at home at 877 Harrison Ave Columbus Ohio
Kenneth Fitzgerald visiting Roscoe Kerr in South Perry found a family member picking fresh strawberries amid several frosts reported across the county.
A Sunday morning quiz on temperance led by Rev C W Graham was held at the Methodist Sunday School. Separately, bids for a university construction project at Ohio University Athens were sought with a November 29 1938 deadline and 100 percent bid bonds.
Knoxville reports a million southern mountain children live in substandard conditions with at least 100000 undernourished. Dr. Alva Taylor of the Save the Children Fund describes dire needs across 205 Appalachian counties, where welfare workers deliver shoes, clothes, food, and basic medical care to thousands despite vast poverty and sparse farms.
D. C. Stephenson returns to Gladwin Michigan after spending days in Logan. He says Michigan oil fields have slowed with crude price cuts to 89 cents per barrel and the industry facing a 44 hour work week.
Logan police investigated two separate petty thefts from cars reported Saturday evening. Russell Riddle of Haydenville and Edward Collins of Logan reported accessories and several articles stolen from their vehicles on Hunter Street and South High Street. Chief Lew Reynolds and Patrolman A F Evans led the investigations.
LOGAN A well is being sunk near Guysville in Athens County as a test for that territory. Drilling is under the direction of W C Adair with most of the crew being Hocking Countians. Local workers include Lloyd Hansley Jesse Hite William Moffet and Kenneth Adair.
Logan Francis Gardner of Columbus spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Corwin Gardner. He is nearing completion of an accounting course at Bliss Business College. Chicago tops cities for airplanes with New York second.
Brownie Pack No. 2 entertained mothers and guests at Trinity Lutheran Church with a Halloween party and a short program. The group sang and acted sketches, served lunch, and held contests with awards. A hayride to Crystal Springs was a social highlight for Troop 1 Girl Scouts. District Pocahontas school attendees and many locals are listed among visitors and family guests.
A Hollywood spectacle from Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century Fox, Suez plays Ferdinand de Lesseps’s canal dream with Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, and Annabella. Allan Dwan directs this epic showing at the Athena Theater amid praise for its scale and emotion.
In Logan a common pleas jury found John Notestone not guilty of shooting with intent to kill after more than seven hours of debate Saturday. Notestone claimed self defense. his brother George was wounded in the arm and later had it amputated at Cherrington Hospital after being hit by a shotgun blast.
Firemen collect hundreds of toys and dolls at a Logan Theater benefit show. The items are stored in a garage near the engine house and will be repaired as quickly as possible. Firemen expect to seek aid for repainting and are working daily to ready the toys for use.
The Rev. Edward Lodwick of Cumberland Ohio preached at the First Presbyterian Church as the second invited clergyman ahead of calling a new Logan pastor. Next Sunday another pastor will speak, following Rev. Vernon Martin from Georgetown who preached a week earlier. Attendance was large though fewer heard this sermon than last Sunday.
Thalia Brannigan daughter of Mr and Mrs James Brannigan of this city was found to have dislocated bones in her right ankle from injuries in a motor accident a week ago. She walked Saturday with the aid of a cane.
Logan reports 16 more absentee applications in Hocking County bringing total to 59 as younger residents vote for the November 8 election. Officials estimate 8500 ballots countywide, noting 1936 state races set a county record with 10821 votes and that presidential years draw higher turnout than state and district races.
LOGAN Men’s Club will meet at the First Presbyterian Church Thursday evening. Supper is to be served at 6 o'clock. The meeting starts a series of fall and winter programs with boys invited later. Supper is arranged by a listed committee. Reception committee members are named.
The Rev. C. W. Graham of Logan Methodist Church spoke in Hamden Sunday evening on temperance. Hamden will hold a local option election on November 8, with the address tying into the temperance side of the local option issue.
Logan organ John Smith of Marion Township displays an emblem shaped like a raccoon. The relic ties to the William Henry Harrison presidential campaign. Smith has kept the emblem for many years.
Due to falling crude prices and reduced long producing wells, Preston Oil Co. sold seven or eight wells in Starr and Washington Townships to Zanesville Tool and Supply Co. for abandonment. They are plugging wells and salvaging casing. Gordon Oil Co. has also pulled several local wells with casing sent to Michigan.
LOGAN In an effort to identify articles which had been stolen from Logan residences, John Lambert of this city was taken to Columbus Saturday. He has been held since his arrest the previous night by police when he was attempting to force an entrance into the E Front St residence of Elder Martin. Officers have indicated they will turn him over to Federal authorities for prosecution on a charge of having stolen the automobile of Robert Lee White which was conveyed to Hoboken, N. J., where it was abandoned. Lambert is said to have admitted this theft to police.
Information from New Straitsville reports John Connor of South Charleston showing slight improvement after a stroke last week while visiting his son John Jr. He had a Saturday visit from his daughter Mrs. C. B. Donahue of the city.
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